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Silicone use and Applications

The article by Anders Johnsson the Engineer from Sweden, on "Silicone - Carbon Brush Poison !" featured in the July 2001 Edition of Kabinews was excellent in it's content and the problems that it highlighted. Having shown the article to a number of people, it created quite a lot of interest, especially among my well qualified and experienced engineering friends and colleagues. They come from a variety of disciplines both electronic, electrical and mechanical, and the notes below contain a summary of information that we are all agree on. In the real world, of the local garage, motor factor, DIY store or builders merchant, there can be found on the shelves, many items known generally as "Silicone Sealants". In this guise they are often sold to be used for engine / machine joint sealants, bath sealants, window sealants both for windscreen rubber repair and for where bonding is required to brickwork etc.